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==Pronunciation table==
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! colspan="6" | <center>'''peműko'''<br>(labial)</center>
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! colspan="6" | '''riisűko'''<br>(dental)
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! colspan="6" | '''muitűko'''<br>(alveolar)
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! colspan="6-" | '''vainűko'''<br>(palatal)
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! colspan="2" | 
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! colspan="6" | '''ṡ̨uuše̋nos'''<br>(vowels with प)
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! colspan="3" | '''nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos'''<br>(weak vowels)
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! <center>p</center>
! b
! f
! v
! m̃
! m
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! t
! d
! þ
! ð
! ɫ
! l
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! ṡ
! ż
! s
! z
! r
! n
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! k
! g
! x
! [[Wikipedia:Gha|ƣ]]
! h
! [[Wikipedia:Yogh|ȝ]]
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! š
! s̨
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! i 
! e
! a
! [[Wikipedia:O|ɔ]]
! o
! u
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! ĭ
! ĕ
! ŭ 
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! <center>प</center>
! ब
! फ
! भ
! म़
! म
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! त
! द
! थ
! ध
! ल़
! ल
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! च
! ज
! स
! स़
! र
! न
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! क
! ग
! क़
! [[Wikipedia:Gha|ग़]]
! ह
! [[Wikipedia:Yogh|य]]
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! स्व
! स्य
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! इ ई<br>पि पी
! ए एै<br>पे पै
! अ आ<br>प पा
! ऒ ॵ<br>पॊ पॏ
! ओ औ<br>पो पौ
! उ ऊ<br>पु पू
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! पं
! पऺ
! पॅ 
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| /p/
| /b/
| /ɸ/
| /β/
| /m̥/
| /m/
!
!
| /t/
| /d/
| /θ/
| /ð/
| /l̥/
| /l/
!
!
| /ʦ/
| /ʣ/
| /s/
| /z/
| /ɾ̥/
| /n/
!
!
| /k/
| /g/
| /ç/
| /ʝ/
| /j̊/
| /j/
!
!
| /sʷ/
| /sʲ/
!
!
| /i/
| /e/
| /ä/
| /ɒ/
| /o/
| /u/
!
!
| /ɪ/
| /ɛ/
| /ʊ/
|}


==Glossing abbreviations==
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|1s/p = 1st person singular/plural
|ABL = [[Wikipedia:Ablative case|ablative suffix]]
|COL = [[Wikipedia:Collective noun|collective]]
|F = feminine
|INT = intensive prefix
|PRV = [[Wikipedia:Privative|privative prefix]]
|SUP = [[Wikipedia:Supine|supine]]
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|2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural
|ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)
|DES = [[Wikipedia:Desiderative mood|desiderative]]
|FRQ = [[Wikipedia:Frequentative|frequentative]]
|LAT = [[Wikipedia:Lative case|lative suffix]]
|PST = past
|TRZ = transitivizer
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|3 = 3rd person
|ADV = adverb
|DIM = diminutive
|FUT = future
|LOC = [[Wikipedia:Locative case|locative suffix]]
|REV = [[Wikipedia:Opposite (semantics)|reversive]]
|VOC = vocative particle
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|A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)
|AG = [[Wikipedia:Agent (grammar)|agent]]
|ELIS = [[Wikipedia:Elision|elision]]
|IMP = imperative
|M = masculine
|Q = [[Wikipedia:Interrogative word|interrogative particle]]
|YNG = young
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|G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)
|AP = agent (active) participle
|ELT = [[Wikipedia:Elative case|elative]]
|INC = [[Wikipedia:Inchoative aspect|inchoative]]
|OCC = occupation suffix
|QUOT = direct quotation
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|-
|N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)
|AUG = augmentative
|EP = [[Wikipedia:Epenthesis#As a grammatical rule|epenthesis]]
|IND = indicative
|PP = patient (past) participle
|RPR = recent perfective
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|-
|V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)
|CAUS = [[Wikipedia:Causative|causative]]
|EQU = equative degree
|INS = instrument
|PRF = perfect
|SBJ = subjunctive
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|}


<center>Chapter 8 - The Sea Serpent - '''marza̋vde''' मर्स़॓भ्दे</center>

*No sooner had the three boarded than the bark turned around and, with a fair wind, put out to sea.
*For three days they sailed, the wind filling the sail and pushing them relentlessly in the direction of sunrise.
*On the morning of the fourth day, as land came into view, the sea around them began to roil.
*As the bark continued to sail, the agitation followed.
*Suddenly, a two-headed serpent broke the surface, rising higher than the mast.
*"You are overbold to sail this sea. Where are you bound?" they asked.
*"We seek the dwelling of Nesothlu to regain our sister and bride."
*"We are the guardian of the way. Why should we let you pass?"
*"We are sent by the Sky Father on this quest.
*It is he with whom you must reckon for he has his power."
*"His power holds no sway here.
*Do you think that because you have overcome the wolf on the shore,
*you can do likewise to the serpent in the sea?
*Our strength is the strength of earth and sea and no one has contended with us and won."
*"We will contend with you and win!" cried Athnor and let fly an arrow from his bow.
*The arrow lodged in the neck of the left head causing the serpent to fall back a distance from the bark, but only for an instant.
*They charged the bark, dove under, and resurfaced on the far side to catch the twins by surprise.


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